# diferenciar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [di.fə.ɾən.siˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.fe.ɾen.siˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferencií, past participle diferenciat)
* to tell the difference, differentiate
* (mathematics) to differentiate

#### Derived terms

* diferenciació

### Further reading

* “diferenciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “diferenciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “diferenciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “diferenciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Verb

diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferenciei, past participle diferenciado)
* to differentiate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English differentiate, French différencier, German differenzieren, Italian differenziare, Russian дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ), Spanish diferenciar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diferenˈt͡siar/

### Verb

diferenciar (present tense diferencias, past tense diferenciis, future tense diferencios, imperative diferenciez, conditional diferencius)
* (transitive, intransitive, biology, sociology) to differentiate, to acquire or give a distinct or separate character

#### Derived terms

* diferencio (“differentiation”)

### See also

* diferencialo
* diferencialigar

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* diferençar

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: di‧fe‧ren‧ci‧ar

### Verb

diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferenciei, past participle diferenciado)
* to differentiate (to perceive the difference between things)
    Synonym: discriminar
* (mathematics) to differentiate (to calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From diferencia (“difference”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /difeɾenˈθjaɾ/ [d̪i.fe.ɾẽn̟ˈθjaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /difeɾenˈsjaɾ/ [d̪i.fe.ɾẽnˈsjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: di‧fe‧ren‧ciar

### Verb

diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferencié, past participle diferenciado)
* (transitive) to differentiate (to show the difference between two things)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* diferenciación
* diferenciador

#### Related terms

* diferencia
* diferente

### Further reading

* “diferenciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10